This morning Logan Baldwin, our summer youth intern, shares thoughts about the temptation of Jesus…what can we learn from it about our own spiritual battles?
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Sermons on Temptation
Sometimes the most important things happen far from the crowds, away from where everyone else is looking. Tonight we see one of those times in the life of Jesus, where I imagine all of heaven was focused on a place out in the middle of nowhere, where the stakes could not have been higher…
Tonight we continue our 2018 Wednesday Night Summer Series! Our series theme this year is “Summer Travels,” as we study some of the best-known biblical ‘travels.’ Tonight’s lesson is shared by Dave Phillips of the Germantown Church of Christ (Germantown, TN), entitled: “Away to the Wilderness: The Temptation of Jesus.”
There is always a blessing missed when we choose sin, and there is always a blessing to be gained when we choose faithfulness to God. Have we let that truth become part of our mindset? And if we do, what can we do to overcome temptation so we can pursue the better blessings of God?
We are studying the life of Joseph on Sunday nights this fall! Tonight, Joseph is sold in Egypt, and is forced to begin a new life. He finds that God isn’t done blessing him, but he also finds that Satan isn’t done trying to pull him away from God. Joseph faces a faith-crossroads decision, one that would be much bigger than he surely could’ve known at the time…
As Great Oaks approaches our 25-Year Anniversary and Homecoming in August, our 2017 Summer Series is exploring “Great Milestones” in the Bible. Tonight, Michael Crusoe from the East End Church of Christ leads our study on “40 Days – Facing Temptation, Luke 4:1-2.”
The Book of Job gives us a “peak behind the curtain” on Satan and temptation. Is Satan real? How powerful is he? What does he do in our lives today? Let’s explore these and other biblical questions, using Job as our starting point…
Today we begin a series studying some of the important questions in the Bible. We begin with the very first question in Scripture – a type of question we will face, and one we must have the perspective to see through…